Rattle with sound-making attachment



A. ZADEK April 29, 1930.

BATTLE WISTH SOUND MAKING ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 18, 1929 75 rHu/z ZAOE/f 1 NVENTOR if ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 29, 1930 PATENT OFFICE ARTHURZADEK, or ivnw YORK, N. Y.

BATTLE WITH SOUND-MAKING ATTACHMENT Application filed December 18, 1929.serial No. 414,881.

which is actuated by manipulation of the body portion of the rattle.

This invention has for its object to providea hollow body portion for arattle having at least one of its walls capable of being manipulated todisplace air within the body through a pneumatic sound producing devicemounted in said body at a point remote from the part of the wall beingmanipulated.

I- accomplish this object by means of a device consisting of certaincombinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in thespecification, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrativelyexemplified in the accompanying drawings, in which, Fi 'ure 1 is a sideelevational view of one embodiment of my invention showing parts insubstantially longitudinal section; Figure 2 is a front elevational viewof another embodiment of my invention; Figure 3 is a substantiallyvertical sectional view of my invention taken on line 33 of Figure 2;and Fi re dis a front elevational view of a still urther embodiment ofmy invention showing parts in section.

Referring to the drawings, and particularly to Figure 1, 10 denotes thebody or hollow portion of a rattle which is constructed preferably oftwo half sections sealed tightly together. In'the present instance, thesections are shaped to represent the body of a small chick. The materialfrom which the body is made is a 1 \latively thin sheet celluloid, whichhas sufiicient rigidity to retain its shape and at the same time permitslight flexing of the crown portion of the back section 11 to reduce thecubic dimensions of the interior of the body, and as a consequence,displace an equivalent amount of air therein. The back section 11adjacent ,the tail region of the body and re-- the body 10 provided witha reed 14. It will be clear that pressure exerted on the crown of theback section 11 will cause the air in the body to seek an outlet whichis established only past the reed 14, holder 13 and vent 12. Movement ofthe air past the reed 14 naturally sets the latter to vibrating with theresult that a sound is produced with each depression of the back 11.Releasing the pressure on the crown of the back 11 allows the latter toflex back to its initial shape with the result that air is sucked intothe body .10 through the vent 12 and holder 13 and past the reed let inthe reverse direction. The body 10 is further provided with a head 15 atthe end opposite the'tail and the entire body is mounted upon a handle16 which is attached at its upper end to the under or breast section ofthe body.

Referring now to Figures 2 and 3, the body portion 10 in this embodimentis a cup shaped section, which is perfectly circular with perpendicularmarginal wall 17, and which is provided with a cover section 18, the midportion being a convex disc terminating in a marginal flange 19 toembrace the free edge of the wall 17. The bowed or convex portion of thecover 18 forms the flexible wall which when depressed by pressure fromthe front, reduces the cubic dimensions of the air chamber within thebody and causes the air to seek an exit. A tubular vent 12 projectsradially from the eriphery of the wall 17 and provides, as in t e otherembodiment, a means of supporting the reed holder 13 with its reed 14.In this arrangement, however, the tubular vent 12" has its discharge endenclosed in a hollow ball shaped head 20 secured to the periphery of thewall 17 about the vent 12 and provided with small neck orifices 21 toform the connections with atmosphere. Both the body 10 and head 20 aredecorated to represent a more or less grotesque human figure, thedepressible portion of the body forming the region of the stomach. Theinterior of the body 10 contains small objects 22 to provide therattling noise when precipitated into contact with the walls of thebody. A suitable bale 23 and ring 24 are arranged at the crownof thehead 20 from which the entire figure may be hung, In Fi ure 4, I haveconceived a still further modif ication of my invention, whlch embodiesthe body section '10 of Figures 2 5 and 3, and the vent 12 instead ofpro1ect1ng into the head 20, projects into the base of a hollow handle16 similar in construction to that shown in Figure 1, except that itsouter or gripend is provided with an or1fice25 for the purpose ofestablishing a communicatlon with atmosphere.

In each instance care has been taken to es- 'tablish the sound producingunit in a position remote from the portion of the body being depressedor flexed to compress and dis place air through the reed element.Heretofore, sound generating elements of the bellows type particularly,have been directly connected with the movable or flexible portion of abody and as a consequence, either great care and expensive arrangementswere employed to produce a durable article or the connection between thebody and sounding device would soon break down under the con- 5 stantstrain of the moving parts which at best, are inherently fragile. Thepresent construction avoids all connections between movin parts, becausethe bowed or flexible area 0 the body operates entirely alone and apartfrom'the reed.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is:

1. In combination, a rattle comprising a hollow circular body portion,the front wall thereof being convexed outwardly and capable of beingflexed inwardly, avent tube in the side wall of the body, a reed holderand reed mounted in'the vent with the reed inside 40 the said body, anda handle having one end disposed about the vent and secured to the sidewall, the opposite end of the handle having an orifice to allow passageof air to and from the vent. '45 2. In combination, a rattlecomprising'a body of two sections secured together to form a hollow bodymember, one section thereof having an outwardly curved surface capableofbeing flexed inwardly to displace air within the body, a tubular ventrojecting from a part of the body remote rom the curved surface, a reedholder and reed arranged in said vent, whereby manipulation of thecurved surface drives the air in the body out- .55 wardly past the reedto vibrate the latter and then sucks the air inwardly again when thesurface is released and returned to its initial position, and a secondhollow member mounted on the body in position to enclose the reed end ofthe holder and having an air outlet disposed in its surface to permitthe escape and intake of air through the holder.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ARTHUR ZADEK.

